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R. P. BARBOUR.

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APPLICATION man Aue.6; 1913.

1,155,637., Patented 00-5. 5, 1 15.

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ROBERT P. BARBOUR, or WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, AssmNoa. 'ro THE noen MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. 'Y., A CORPORATION or NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters' latent.

Patented Get. a, was.

Application filed August 6, 1913. Serial No. 783,235.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT P. BARBOUR, a citizen of the United States of America, and residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in having a retracting-lever for releasing the spring pressure arm.

The particular object is to provide a simpleand inexpensive method of connecting the parts.

In its preferred form the invention consists in a device having a spring pressure, arm and a retracting lever passing through an opening in the baseof the spring arm and held in place by a tongue together with relatively coactingshoulders on the lever and pressure arm.- 7

Figure l is a perspective View of a device embodying the improvements of my invention. Fig. 2, is a longitudinal sectional view of the same also showing the pressure arm and retracting lever dotted in the position they would occupy when on a pen or pencil. Fig. 3, is a plan View of the device. Fig. 4, is a plan view of the pressure arm, and its base spread out. Fig. 5 is a bottom view of the retracting lever.

The base part 10 is adapted tobe securedin any suitable manner to a pen or pencil I or other suitable device for instance, by

means of spring jaws such as 11, 11. The

nally from the base and this terminates in 'a suitable formation for gripping or enof a ball l3 swaged on to the end of the arm.

The retracting lever may be formed of sheet metal and somewhat resilient. Its finger piece 14 projects over the base or holder 10 and its lifting arm 15 extends beneath the pressure arm 12. The pressure arm at its base adjacent the holder is provided with a hole or perforation 16 through which the retracting lever extends. The realso provided with .tracting lever is provided with a tongue 17 preferably somewhat resilient which engages a shoulder 18 at one edge of the opening 16 so as to prevent the lever from being withdrawn from the opening. This tongue 17 also presses the lifting arm 15 toward the pressure arm 12 so as to hold the parts in It will be noted that this construction may be readily assembled by simply insert- I I mg the tip of the retracting lever in the opening 16 and pushing it through until the tongue 17 snaps past the shoulder 18.

A clip such as this may be made in different sizes and the construction is such that the retracting lever: as shown may be used with a number of different sized holders adapted to different sizes or shapes of supports. While the parts are readily assembled they are held securely together and are not intended to be detached.

This form of clip provides the advantages of the usual springtype together with the advantage of the lever type which enables the user to retract the pressure arm at will-for the purpose of attaching or detach ing the device and the pen or pencil to which it is attached.

The interengaging shoulders provided on. the retracting lever and pressure arm being disposed at the opposite sides of the opening in the pressure arm serve to lock the retractlng lever in place and prevent its longitudinal displacement in either direcresilient pressure arm 12 extends longitudi."

tion fromithe fulcrum What I claim is 1. A clip of the character described, comopening.-

point of passage of the lever through the e prising a base having a. resilient pressure arm integral therewith and extending longitiidinally therefrom, said pressure arm having an opening therein, ata point adjacent the base, a retracting lever extending through the opening in the pressure arm and having a fulcrum in said opening, the said retracting lever having a finger piece at one end disposed above the base, with the opposite end of.the lever engaging beneath the pressure arm for lifting its outer end and a tongue carried by one of the said members and engaging the other member to I arm integral therewith and extending lon-.

thereby prevent withdrawal and disengagement of the lever from the opening in the pressure arm.

2. A clip of the character described, comprisinga. base having a resilient pressure gitudinally therefrom, said pressure arm having an openingtherein at a point adjacent the base, a retracting lever passed'part way through the opening in the pressure arm with the inner end of said lever dis posed above the base and serving as a finger piece and the outer end of the lever engaging beneath the pressure arm for lifting its outer end, and a tongue cooperating 'With that part of the lever which has been passed through. the opening in the pressure arm, to thereby secure the lever against Withdrawal from the said opening.

3. A clipof the character,described,com-

prising in combination, a base, a resilient gaging the arm to limit the movement of the lever through the opening, a finger piece "in rear of said shoulders and overlying the base, and a tongue struck from' the reduced porti n of the lever and engaging the side of t e pressure arm opposite that engaged by the shoulders to thereby secure the lever" against Withdrawal from theopening.

4. A clip of'the character described, comprising in combination, a base, a longitudinally extending spring pressure arm carried by the base and provided with a fulcrum opening thereinat a point adjacent the base, a retracting lever passed part Way through said opening and extending beneath the premure arm into engagement -With said arm to lift the outer end thereof, a resilient tongue struck downward from the retracting lever and engaging the underside of the pressure arm at a point adjacent the edge of the fulcrum opening therein to thereby force the outer end of thelever up into engagement with the underside of the pressure arm, and a finger piece on the extended end of 7 the retracting lever for operating the same. I

5. A clip of the character. described, comprising a' base, a longitudinally extending spring pressure arm integral with the baseandprovided tvith a fulcrum opening therein at a point. adjacent the base, a retracting lever made of resilient material and having a reduced portion passed through the fulcrum openinginto engagement With the underside of the pressure arm to lift the outer end thereof, shoulders at the base of the reduced portion, engaging the upper side of the pressure arm adjacent the fulcrum opening therein, a finger piece on the extended end of. the lever in rear of the shoulders and overlying the base, and a resilient tongue struck down from the reduced portion of the lever Y into engagement with the underside of.-. the pressure arm, beneath the fulcrum opening therein to thereby force the reduced portion pf the lever upward into engagement with the pressure arm and to prevent Withdrawal-of .the lever from the fulcrum opening. v

6. In a clipof the character described, the combination with a base having a longitudi nally extending resilient pressure arm terminating' in an article-engaging gripping portion and provided with a fulcrum opening therein at a'point adjacent the base, of a retracting leverpassed part Way through 1 the fulcrum opening into engagement with the underside of the pressure arm at one end and having its opposite end disposed above V the base to serve as a finger piece for operating said lever, and interengaging shoulders on the retracting lever and pressure arm at both sides of the point of passage of the retracting lever through the fulcrum opening whereby to secure the retracting lever against longitudinal displacement in either .direction from the fulcrum opening.

ROBER T P. HARBOUR. -Witneisses: I EDWARD J. RA'Y,

WM. M. SAUNDERS. 

